Is Pinniacle Next?

[Baronman]

The victors will be the ones that can operate 700/900/E70 the cheapest.

Agree 100%....If you can operate these planes cheaply, and have crews that still bust there butts to get 'er done, that's a winner (in the eyes of management).

In PNCL's case, I have no idea why anyone there would go above and beyond.

 

[pilotguy143]

The latest and greatest Comair rumor is that PNCL is going to take over doing the JFK (since we just announced we are opening DTW and closing JFK). Do you all know anything about this?

 

[redflyer65]

PCL guys continue to bust their butts without fair compensation. Why? I have no idea...

 

[Edct]

PCL guys continue to bust their butts without fair compensation. Why? I have no idea...

Work ethic maybe?

 

[Smarta$$]

Work ethic maybe?

How is that working for ya? And people wonder why we do not have a contract. I am..... ashamed.

 

[Baronman]

Work ethic maybe?

One can have work ethic yet realize they are getting screwed with. I realize that most going to pncl weren't necessarily looking for a leading contract but rather a quick upgrade. But still, when you're paid less than almost all of your peers, under horrible work rules, going to crappier hotels etc, even the best of work ethics can be broken.

I'm sure there is the 20% that hope that if you guys work really hard, you'll get more -900s, more growth and move on. The reality though is the industry is stagnant and you're getting hosed.

 

[redflyer65]

Thanks Baronman. Very well stated.

There are a lot of good pilots at PCL, and they have NOT been fairly compensated by the company. A lot of them have a very high work ethic. In that regard, those pilots make up for the horrible performance of the company on a daily basis...

Working for a company that really doesn't care, under a contract that's 11 years old is pathetic. The top guys at the company should be ashamed of themselves. Taking huge bonus while their FO's make poverity wages. Some qualify for food stamps.

 

[hou757]

The latest and greatest Comair rumor is that PNCL is going to take over doing the JFK (since we just announced we are opening DTW and closing JFK). Do you all know anything about this?

It worked to get rid of Mesa. hmmm

 

[Visceral]

by the way just to let everyone know, colgan stays at the crown plaza downtown memphis and has a bus pick them up every morning to take them to the c.e.c. and drive them back at night for their training. Why are they not making them stay at the p.o.s we stay at?

Colgan stays at a nicer hotel than you do, so instead of demanding that you stay there too, you'd like Colgan to stay with you at the p.o.s?

 

[dcfu69]

Pinnacle won't hire. The new staffing strategy is to offer premium pay (150%) for flights operated on weekends/holidays. This is been going on nonstop for over 2 months now, and will continue to.

We got a memo from our mgt saying the same thing last week. Hiring pilots here and were STILL going to be short...waay short. I'm sure we will have our fair share of cx flights this summer..o wait...we already started doing that.

 

[erjip]

We got a memo from our mgt saying the same thing last week. Hiring pilots here and were STILL going to be short...waay short. I'm sure we will have our fair share of cx flights this summer..o wait...we already started doing that.

Did you mean to say NOT hiring pilots here?

 

[redflyer65]

PCL already having trouble completing their JFK and LGA flights. Could be an interesting summer.

 

[altimaklr]

Work ethic could also be described as having a high number of people from TN/MS willing to put up with whatever to live and work from home, coupled with a large # of people who literally paid for their jobs and have everything to lose. It's a bad combination.